RESOURCES
The Meals on Wheels Association of New York State provides tools, information, and support to help member organizations strengthen their programs and better serve older adults in their communities. These resources highlight the impact of senior nutrition programs across the state and provide guidance for advocacy, program development, and collaboration.
785,125 seniors are marginally food secure in NYS .
Federal Advocacy Policies of
Meals on Wheels America
Increase funding and support for senior nutrition programs. Significantly boost funding for the Older Americans Act Nutrition Program, protect other federal funding sources for Meals on Wheels programs, strengthen SNAP and other federal nutrition programs that help support vulnerable older adults, and improve charitable giving and volunteer tax incentives to generate more resources and capacity for community-based organizations.
Reauthorize and strengthen the Older Americans Act (OAA). Protect the OAA's core purposes of reducing hunger, social isolation and loneliness, and improving adult health and well-being by increasing authorized funding levels, unifying congregate and home-delivered meal programs to improve flexibility and efficiency, and prioritizing community-based organizations for nutrition services contracts, so that older adults have reliable access to the nutrition and support services they depend on.
Advance Food Is Medicine interventions and expand nutrition access and social connection for older adults. Include home-delivered meal benefits in Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid and medically tailored meal initiatives with community-based senior nutrition programs and address the epidemic of social isolation and loneliness through nationally coordinated awareness, initiatives and research.
2026 National Snaphot
The 2026 National Snapshot from Meals on Wheels America provides a national overview of the reach and impact of the Meals on Wheels network, sharing key data on meals delivered, older adults served, and the growing need for services.